Go to the Ant

Proverbs 6:6, “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”

Some time back we watched some video with the kids, probably a BBC thing on the world or something of the sort, and I noted down some stats on what ants accomplish–these were ants in Africa, I think, but I don’t remember their exact location or what kind of ants they were. Their accomplishments are impressive:

The ant “megalopolis” was built of the equivalent of 10 tons of cement.

The ant megalopolis covered 50 square meters.

Forty tons of soil was moved in the construction project.

Each load carried by an ant weighed 4 times as much as the worker carrying the load.